date:Jan 08, 2020
The extreme cold of the past few weeks has adversely affected crops in the state of Punjab. After it detected signs of late blight in potato in Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur, the agriculture department has issued an advisory to farmers in the region to save the remaining crop.
The crop would have been ready for the market in February, but farmers say that about 20% of the crop is affected by the disease in the region, which is a major producer of potatoes in the state.
Interestingly, signs of late